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 Word Up! • Sport Relief 2014 Single, A cover of Cameo's classic. |
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 16th January 2014, 09:48 PM
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so the management confirmed this song to be the Sport Relief single of 2014 covered by Little Mix... what is everyone thinking??? the song is 'Word Up' by Cameo
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16th January 2014, 09:54 PM
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Brown cow, stunning!
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Very random choice... I'm sure they will slay/make it theirs etc. though! I was just picturing What Is Love or (Everybody's Free) To Feel Good or something like that.
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16th January 2014, 09:55 PM
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i thought you wore the hairpiece for style
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16th January 2014, 09:56 PM
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I don't know if I've heard the original before now but it sounds like an odd choice to cover...it's very 90s! Hopefully they'll update it a fair bit, the synth(?) instrumental at about 2:00 is a bit unnecessary. It's all about the music video for Little Mix now anyway, so as long as that's good, it'll force me to love the song
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16th January 2014, 09:56 PM
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Awesome choice, I'm so excited to hear this. I was fully expecting to hate the song choice, but I like this. Really interested to hear how they do it. Hopefully we get to hear it soon and the video is as fun as the song lends itself too.
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16th January 2014, 09:58 PM
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Can't help but feel as if this is going to be their worse
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16th January 2014, 10:00 PM
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when listening to the song I can definitely hear little mix singing it and making it great... not AS 90s but very lm.. I think it will be great, excited and yea great video its different and could do well
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16th January 2014, 10:05 PM
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It's not from the 90s, it's from 1986.
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16th January 2014, 10:13 PM
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Brown cow, stunning!
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QUOTE(G R I F F @ Jan 16 2014, 10:05 PM)  It's not from the 90s, it's from 1986. I had a feeling it was longer ago than 90s! I thought maybe it was like 1990 but idk it does seem a lot older! |
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16th January 2014, 10:19 PM
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Such an awesome choice, and I love that absolutely no-one saw it coming.
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16th January 2014, 11:01 PM
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 I'm in a vewy bad mood, Bwadley.
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But I can 100% see it working, without coming across TOO gimicky. I just hope they don't fully abandon the idea of Salute after this because there's so much potential there.
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16th January 2014, 11:38 PM
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QUOTE(Robot @ Jan 16 2014, 11:01 PM) But I can 100% see it working, without coming across TOO gimicky. I just hope they don't fully abandon the idea of Salute after this because there's so much potential there. Agreed! It's not dissimilar to 'Salute' (the song), so they could be testing the water for its release. Honestly though, after giving the album another listen today, I think I'd prefer 'Nothing Feels Like You'. What a banger that is! |
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16th January 2014, 11:58 PM
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I can imagine this is going to be really good! Good choice in my opinion, very unexpected! The problem is there isn't much chorus and LM are big on choruses, unless they produce it well. I imagine they will, I have faith.
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17th January 2014, 12:08 AM
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It's probably a "90's song" to them due to Melanie B's version
Really hate this song though. I really hope they do something original with it, but it's going to be a straight cover, isn't it?
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17th January 2014, 10:16 AM
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So the single is confirmed as a cover of 80s dance classic 'Word Up!' (they've added the cheesy exclamation mark at the end) and is out on March 16th. This post has been edited by Mango: 17th January 2014, 10:18 AM |
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17th January 2014, 12:03 PM
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I really had hoped it would be more of a pop number, word up is ok, didnt Mel B cover this too as a single?
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17th January 2014, 01:56 PM
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is my brain across your walls?
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I'm surprised at the reaction here, I thought it was a perfect song choice for them. Will obviously reserve judgement until it's actually out but I can see this being really good.
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17th January 2014, 02:06 PM
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As Bre said in the New Release Schedule, I think they'll still release another single from Salute after this.
It helps them to extend their single campaign and keep their names out there as well as, hopefully, increasing sales. It also means that they can release another slow song from Salute as, while I enjoy the title track, I don't think it would work that well as a single. |
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17th January 2014, 02:43 PM
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I can picture them singing this. Yeah, this could work, there's enough of their style in there and enough that should be changed so they can make it their own. I'm glad it isn't a ridiculously obvious choice as that would really have been the end (I'd never heard the song before now and I'm willing to bet with their young fanbase not many of them know it either).
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17th January 2014, 05:34 PM
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I hope they make it their own. The choice of ab-lids they could use could make the song brilliant.
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